pitman

noun

pl. pitmen a person who works in a pit; esp., a coal miner
pl. pitmans ☆ a type of connecting rod that changes axial motion into linear motion, as in a steering system

Pitman, Sir Isaac 1813-97; Eng. inventor of a system of shorthand

See pitman in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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